At once the girls began to tease him. They told him that on such an occasion he deserved a kiss, and every one of them vowed that as soon as office hours were over she would kiss him once for every year that he had lived. He laughingly declared that not a girl should get near him, and was teased about it all day.

As 4:30 o'clock came, and the boy's work was over, the girls made a rush for him. They tried to hem him in, and he tried to break their line. Suddenly he reeled and feel, crying as he did so.

The link to the NYT article goes on to say the poor lad worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. So, my question is did he have a policy with them. And, if so, did it cover accidental death due to boy-crazy stenographers?!?